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What if Brendan Rodgers leaves? What if some gazillionaire Russian oligarch fancies buying a new plaything and suddenly invests £100 million in Hamilton Accies?

Michael Gannon: The dominance is not going to end any time soon. Celtic have firm foundations in place to rule for as long as they remain ambitious. Four years is a heck of a long time in football but the prospect of 10-in-a-row is not just a possibility, it’s a probability.

Hamilton or Dundee United in the play-offs? Call it

KJ: What Scottish football needs is its biggest clubs all punching their respective weights. Fingers crossed United make it back up along with Hibs to give the top flight some serious substance next season. But Hamilton’s survival specialists will not go down without fight.

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CS:Dundee United have done superbly to get to the play-off Final, but the Premiership still hosts the better teams and Accies can scramble their way to safety.

EMcL: Hamilton are horribly inconsistent but make a habit of winning the games they absolutely have to. I suspect they’ll do so again over a United side who must be drained by the effort of getting through two play-off rounds already.

Dundee United's Simon Murray rues a missed chance (Image: SNS)

MG: It’s a toss of the coin job. United have the momentum but don’t underestimate Hamilton’s ability to dig out results when they need them. The ties could be tight and might even go all the way to penalty kicks, with United eventually scraping back to the top flight.

What does Pedro Caixinha need this summer if he's to cut it at Ibrox?

KJ: A minor miracle. Caixinha has been left than convincing during his short time in charge but this on the job assessment of his squad should have taught him a great deal about what’s required. He’ll also need the financial backing of his board. When Dave King said all season ticket cash will be invested in the squad alarmingly he forgot to mention how much he’s prepared to stump up.

CS: Team needs talent, but it also needs some power and strength. Rangers are too lightweight and Caixinha needs to get some physique into his team to bully teams in the power reaches of the Premiership.

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EMcL: A big mop and a black bin bag so he can clear out that dressing room. There are far too many rank bad signings from Mark Warburton’s regime that have proved to be not up to the job.

A total rebuild is required. He needs to strengthen his team in every area of the pitch.

MG: Serious backing. Money isn’t everything and it’s sometimes more important what you do with the dosh. But it’s going to take proper cash for Caixinha to create a spine for his team. He could do with a couple of ball playing brutes in the midfield for starters as the Ibrox side are lightweight.

What next for Neil McCann? Is his future in the dugout at Dundee or the studio with Sky?

KJ: He’s scratched an itch by answering Dundee’s SOS but the last couple of defeats might have made him realise that his best chance of long term job security involves spending his weekends sitting next to Davie Tanner. Hey, nothing’s perfect.

CS: Should be in the dugout. He was employed to keep Dundee in the top flight and he did it, so why not continue.

Neil McCann is unveiled as Dundee's interim manager (Image: SNS)

Neil McCann has been working as a pundit on Sky Sports (Image: SNS)

EMcL: He has achieved what he was brought in to do - halt Dundee’s downward spiral and keep them in the top flight. But I’ve not seen enough in their performances to suggest he should be anything more than a successful stop gap.

More likely that a safer, more experienced pair of hands will be asked to consolidate them over the summer.

MG: He’d probably be mad to swap a cushy TV job for the madcap world of the dugout but he’ll regret not giving it a bash. He can always go back to the day job down the line. It’s time to take a deep breath and go for it.